Boat.



P-. ORLANDO.

BOAT APPLICATION FILED DEC- 10, 1914.

1,190,944. Patented July 11, 1916.

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BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, acre.

Application filed December 10, 1914. Serial No. 876,470.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PASCAL ORLANDO, a

citizen of the United States, residing at'Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and uses.

ful Improvements in Boats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to boats of the catamaran type and wherein the propulsion is accomplished by means of air pressure, and it consists in the novel features and combinations of parts herein set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a motor boat which is nonsinkable or as nearly so as possible; also a boat which has the stability of a catamaran, has a platform raised same distance above the two shells so that it remains dry in rough weather, and is propelled by means of an air propeller and a water propeller.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, m which the figure represents a perspective view of my improved motor boat.

In the drawing 1 and 1 are the two shells each of which has a V section extending down into the water and being turned up and toward each other at the bows are fastened together by means of a diamond shaped block or spacer 6 at the bows.

2, 2, and 2 are bars extending laterally across the tops of both shells for spacing them to either, and 3 is a stationary centerboard fastened to the center and stern cross bars 2 and 2.

5, 5, etc., are uprights for supporting the platform 15 which has a coaming 7 8 is an engine of the ordinary type.

9 is a clutch and reverse gear on the rear of engine 8 for driving the air propeller 1O forward or backward or disconnecting it from engine 8 in the ordinary manner. 16 is another clutch and reverse gear on the front of engine 8 for driving the sprocket wheel 17 forward or backward or disconnecting same from the engine and so operatingthe water propeller 20 by means of the sprocket chain 18.

21 is an opening in the center board 3 to accommodate the propeller 20 with its shaft and sprocket wheel 19 as shown.

12 is a steering wheel of the automobile type for operating the rudder 4 by means of a shaft 22 and ropes 11, 11.

13 and 14 are spark and throttle handles for controlling the running of the engine 8 1n the usual manner. 7

The shells 1 and 1 are hollow and completely inclosed and air and water tight and have partitions 23, 23, etc., to form separate 7 air and water tight compartments.

The style of motor boat shown and described is particularly safe as waves can break completely over the shells without affecting its buoyancy and it is practically nonsinkable owing to the fact that no water can enter the shells. The platform is de-' signed to have holes through it so that any water which may be splashed on to it will readily run out.

Four compartments are shown in one of the shells as an illustration but it is intended to have a suflicient number so in case of accident to two or three of the compartments it will not materially endanger the bu0yancy of the boat.

The catamaran construction shown can be made w de enough to practically prevent overturning of the boat in any sea.

W1th the Water and air propulsion shown the boat can be driven by either or both propellers and in case of accident to one the other is still available.

It is of course understood that any'suitable construction of the platform can be used and item be covered over to form a cabin as in ordinary construction.

Having described my invention what I claim is.

1. A motor boat comp-rising spaced shells, said shells being flat on top and having V shaped sections extending down into the water, the forward ends of which are turned up and toward each other and are fastened togetherby means of a block, cross bars extending laterally across the tops of said shells for spacing and fastening them together, a center board attached to said cross bars and located from at or near amidships to the stern of said shells, uprights from said shells which carry a platform, an engine mounted on said platform, a water propeller mounted in an opening in said centerboard and a driving mechanism for said water propeller, operated by the forward part of said engine, a reverse gear between said engine and said driving mechanism, an air propeller mounted at the stern of said motor boat and a reverse gear between said air propeller and said engine.

2. In a motorboat, the combination, of

v spaced shells, a center board between said shells, uprights supporting a platform above said shells, an engine mounted on said platform, a water propeller mounted in an opening in said center board, an air propeller mounted on said platform, said propellers driven from opposite ends of said engine and reverse gears between said engine and said propellers wherebyeither or both of said propellers may be operated by said engine for the propulsion of said motor boat.

3 In a motor boat, the combination, of spaced shells having ll shaped sections extending down into the ends of which meet and are connected by means of a diamond shaped block, a center water, the forward I mamas board midway between said shells and located in the stern portion of said boat, uprights from said shells, which carry a platform, an engine mounted on said platform, a water propeller mounted in an opening in said centerboard, an air propeller mounted on said platform, said propellers driven from opposite ends of said engine and reverse gears between said engine and said propellers and a Wheel mounted on the forward end of said platform for operating a stern rudder.

PASCAL ORLANDO. 1,. 3. Witnesses JOHN F. CowELL, EDWARD H. KRAUS. 

